Linguistic Adjustments: Precursors to Understanding Complexity

Proposes a start on building what laymen would call a “technical vocabulary” for the field of systems science. Notes that an agreed upon, useful language of systems science does not exist. Proceeds to propose a set of linguistic adjustments as a way of moving from the present state of the language toward a sorely-needed, functional state of discursivity.

To view the full copyrighted abstract written in Warfield's own words please use https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/sres.601.

A digitized copy of the full text is not available as download. A paper offprint of full text is at Fenwick Library, Box 81/11, C0016, SCRC, George Mason University Libraries. Digitized abstract written by the author can be opened in the publisher's web page, using this search string: 17 MAR 2004 | DOI: 10.1002/sres.601

A ten page manuscript with this title was submitted to journal Systems Res and Behav Sci on April 6, 2001. The paper was returned, the single Referee they found who was willing to referee it said that it needed to be longer, more clear and more integrated and should explain things which John had already amplified and made clear in earlier papers.  So John revised the paper in the light of the referee comments. He did not want to duplicate stuff he has already published, but he did add several references and web sites for his earlier works. He expanded the length of the paper to 44 manuscript pages and resubmitted it,  mailing to Systems Research journal associate editor Amanda Gregory on October 14, 2002.  John's lengthy commentary  "Summary Detailing How the Paper Has Been Amended" was sent to Amanda at the same time, but was not printed with the article.    The article  later became Appendix 4 in Warfield's book An Introduction to Systems Science, World Scientific Publishers, 2006.   (R.W. circa  2007)

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Additional Info

  • Category: Languages, Systems Science
  • Size: 19 p
  • Description: Handwritten notes, and 1 typed page
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